Scott,

I checked out your link and did a little snooping. Here's a little bit of what I found out about Google News from Google:

"Google News is a computer-generated news site that aggregates headlines from news sources worldwide, groups similar stories together and displays them according to each reader's personalized interests.

"Traditionally, news readers first pick a publication and then look for headlines that interest them. We do things a little differently, with the goal of offering our readers more personalized options and a wider variety of perspectives from which to choose. On Google News we offer links to several articles on every story, so you can first decide what subject interests you and then select which publishers’ accounts of each story you’d like to read. Click on the headline that interests you and you'll go directly to the site which published that story.

"Our articles are selected and ranked by computers that evaluate, among other things, how often and on what sites a story appears online. We also rank based on certain characteristics of news content such as freshness, location, relevance and diversity. As a result, stories are sorted without regard to political viewpoint or ideology and you can choose from a wide variety of perspectives on any given story. We'll continue to improve Google News by adding sources, fine-tuning our technology and providing Google News to readers in even more regions."

Although I do not have the information posted here, I believe it is possible to manually submit news to Google News. Then, why use Pitchengine and pay a fee? Because Pitchengine makes the process easier. Pitchengine automates the process for the person who writes the press release.

So, if the service is indeed offerred freely to the public by Google, why would Google decide to remove ALL the posts that have ever been submitted through Pitchengine? Why would they do that and at the same time encourage the public to manually submit more articles to Google News for their consideration? I would just like an explanation. I feel certain Pitchengine would also like an explanation.

Why should what Google does to Pitchengine matter to me? Because it impacts what I can say about what I can do. I can no longer say that what I write gets showcased on Google News. It's not automatic,anymore. That sense of exclusivity is gone. So what if you can still get on Google News in a "hit-and-miss" fashion through manual submission - even if it is free. Who wants that? Would anyone here want their blog to work in a "hit-and-miss" fashion? Of course not. Well, it's the same deal with a press release. You want your message to be SEEN where you send it. Well, it appears that Google has decided to take a different approach and adversely impacted the needs of a lot of people who use Pitchengine for the same reason I do.

Lamar Morgan
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